Feed evans



F. EVANS.

SEALING TAG.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. ms.

1 313,888 Patented A ug. 26, 1919.

' ATTORNEY 1N8 cocUIBIA PLANOOIIAPII C0-- WAQIHNGTON. D C.

S PATENT OFFICE.

FRED EVANS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HENRY E. STEVENS, JR., OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEALING-TAG.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

Application filed July 22, 1915. Serial No. 41,351.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED EVANS, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing-Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in shipping tags or the like, and particularly to one which may be described as a sealing or self-sealing tag, and the principal object sought to be attained by the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, but efficient means whereby the tag may be quickly and effectively sealed to any desired object.

A further object is to provide a reinforcing device for the tag and to provide sealing means in said reinforcing device.

A further object is to provide a reinforcing device so shaped and constructed that it may be stamped or cut from a blank of material'in' such a Way as to leave practically no waste whatever.-

A further object is to arrange the parts so that portions of the reinforcing device,

which are employed in shaping the sealing part thereof, incidentally serve as an auxiliary means for attaching the reinforcing device to the material of the tag.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less specific than those referred to above, will be in part obvious and in part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles, constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will be indicated in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and in which I have shown a merely preferred form of embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a ship- 'ping tag illustrating the invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1, but being taken from the opposite side of the tag.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially upon the plane of line III- III of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 3, but being taken upon the plane of line IV-IV of Fig. 2, showing the reinforcing device attached to the material of the tag but prior to the bending over of the attaching means.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 4, but the attaching means being here shown bent into attaching position.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a section of material illustrating the manner of stamping or cutting out the parts of the reinforcing member therefrom.

Fig. 7 is a plan view of the reinforcing device indicating the slits formed therein for providing the retaining and sealing means.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 1 but showing the reinforcing device to be formed from parts of the blank shaped in the blank incident to the cutting "therefrom of the reinforcing devices shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 9 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 8, but illustrating the opposite side of the tag.

Fig. 10 represents a modification.

Referring to the drawings for a detailed description of the structure illustrated, the reference character L indicates the shippin tag. This is of the ordinary, or preferre formation and comprises usually a rectangular sheet of tough, flexible cardboard, usually having its upper corners cut away for appearance sake.

The reference character G indicates the reinforcing member or device. This is formed of a circular blank or body of sheet metal, preferably tin, having a series of tangs 1, struck therefrom intermediate the central portion and the periphery thereof, said tangs being preferably spaced equl-dlstant circumferentially of the blank. There may be as many as desired of these tangs, though four is a desirable number, and each is preferably sharpened at its outer end so as to easily puncture the material of the card in being attached thereto, in the manner seen particularly in Fig. 4.

. Each of the tangs is preferably triangular, being severed from the blank or body along two sides only. The remaining s de provides a line of connection along which the tang is bent laterally so as to stand in a Figs. 4 and 5.

' This method includes forcing the tangs 1 through the material of the tag, as shown in Fig. 4, and bending the projected ends back upon the opposite surface of the tag, as

V shown in Fig. 5. During this operation, or

subsequently, the triangular parts 5 formed by the intersection of the slits 3 and 4are forced through'the material of the tag and bentbackwardly so as to grip tightly upon the material, as clearly seen in Fig. 5. The

.line of bend for the parts 5 is clearly indicated by dots in Fig. 7. A considerable portion of the length of the slit 3 is left unbent, except such slight bend as is given thereto incidental to the formation of the slit.

' cause the same to pierce tear the material of'th-e tag to a desired extent. Thls- A slit may be provided through the ma-.

terial of the card underlying either or both "of the slits?) and 4, if desired, but usually this is not necessary as the force required to bend over the parts or tangs 5 is ample to in fact provides a much more substantial grip between the reinforcing device andthe tag for the reason that the fibers of the tag card. I This incidentally the cord from :injuryby th provide a cushion at the edges of "the tan-gs and effectually prevent likelihood of the edgescutting through the material of the tag. The material of the tag piled up or pressed under the tangs servesthe same purose. p In use the end of the attaching *cordis inserted through the opening-6 formed by the bending over of the tan-gs 5 and "the passage of said tan-gs through the material of the card. It is then moved upwardly ealon'gthe slit 3, which, being of less width than the diameter of the cord, comprises 'a friction grip for retaining the cord rigidly against accidental detachment, positively against longitudinal movement through theslit.

In cases where the material :of the card is not provided with a slit underlying-the slit 3 of the reinforcing device, the "movement of the cord upwardly :through the shit is sufficient to "tear or cut the material :of the provides a tighter grip for the-cord and also forces fibers of the card into the :slit, which fibers protect cedges orfithe slit.

Sll13 0011ld beprovided if The sealing means thus provided may be utilized only as a means for retaining a length of cord assembled with the tag, in which instance both ends of the cord would be free and in use could be passed around any desired object and the ends tied together inthe usual manner. If desired, however, one end of the cord could be fixed rigidly to the tag, as by being caught between the tag and the reinforcing device. In this instance the free end would be passed around the article, inserted through the opening 6 and drawn up into the slit 3. This will provide a sufficiently effecti've'seal between the tag and the article for all practical pur poses.

As above suggested, it is also a part ofthis I invention to cut or stamp out the bodies in such manner that practically all of the ma terial ofthe' blank may be employed. Since ure the circular bodie or blanks leave the hollow sided. squares 7 between them.

the exterior contour of the blank has little These squares may be utilized in practically the-same manner as pointed out Lt'o'rthe circular blanks. In this instance the'sharp' corners 8 of the squares serve at tangs, as

clearly seen in Figs. 8 and 9." Otherwise the structure is the same as shown in the other figures. I I

As'many changes could be m'adein this construct-ion without departing from the scope of thetollowin-g claim, it is intended that all matter contained in the above de scription or shown in the'accompanying drawing shall 'be interpreted as illustrative only and not in a limiting sense. 7

The manner inwhic-h the portions 5 grip uponthe material of the card is very eificient in withstanding strains. lhe angular depression of the parts 5 relatively to each other and relatively to the direction of strain imparted to the reinforcing member G by the attaching cord, together with the folded and tightly gripped condition of the material of the card under the parts 5, gives exceptional strength to the connection betweenthe card and the reinforcing member.

In the m-odificat-ionFig. 10, this 'form of connecting means between the reinforcing member and the tag is depended upon solely. Int-his modification the turned portions are vindicated-by the reference numeral 9 and the slit 3' is omitted, though obviously the desired. With the slit omitted. however, the opening '6 receives the attaching cord loosely therethrough in the ordinary manner.

"Having thus described my invention what I claim asnew and desire to secure by Let- .:t ers Patent jis A reinforcing device for a tag or the like comprising a body of material adapted to ping means for holding a cord attached to rest upon one surface of the tag, the body the tag. 10 having a T-shaped slit therein, the triangu- In testimony whereof I affix my signature lar portions of the body formed by the inin the presence of two Witnesses.

tersection of the head and stem portions of FRED EVANS. the slit being bent to form attaching means Witnesses:

for attaching the body to the tag, and a por- L. GESSFORD HANDRE,

tion of the stem of the slit providing grip- LOUIS BRANDWEIN.

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